adj. 1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire: salacious reading material. 2. Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful: a salacious wink. [From Latin salāx, salāc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from salīre, to leap; see sel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] sa·lacious·ly adv. sa·lacious·ness, sa·laci·ty (sə-lăsĭ-tē) n. |
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